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Bhaskar Chakravorti

The writer is Dean of Global Business at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, founding executive director of Fletcher’s Institute for Business in the Global Context. He is author of The Slow Pace of Fast Change

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Best of Both Sides | Welfare for all — the AI race India should winSubscriber Only

February 13,2026 06:34:04 AM

Beyond the US-China-EU trinity, India demonstrates a fourth possibility. We must speak not in terms of AI-for-power measures when the most powerful in the AI world descends upon New Delhi, but in terms of the yield of the average smallholder farm, the life expectancy of the poorest, the percentage of those who can read this page

Fri, Feb 13, 2026
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Where Viksit Bharat meets green growthSubscriber Only

March 24,2025 07:40:58 AM

Creating the energy infrastructure that keeps pace with the demands of ‘viksit’ proportions while ensuring an effective green transition is a tall order. It can only be met by pairing growing expertise with best-in-class international players

Tue, Mar 25, 2025
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H-1B visa debate shows America has invaded itselfSubscriber Only

January 13,2025 07:17:05 AM

H-1B visa debate in America: Scuffle within Trump fold on H-1B visas is symptomatic of a larger policy failure, imagination

Tue, Jan 14, 2025
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The US election and some notes from the endgameSubscriber Only

October 28,2024 04:00:06 AM

The world’s most powerful nation gnaws on its fingernails, there is some comic relief, few reasons for hope.

Mon, Oct 28, 2024
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Seven things Kamala Harris must do nowSubscriber Only

July 26,2024 13:48:41 PM

She must not repeat Hillary Clinton’s mistakes or her own from the 2020 campaign; she must identify an issue she can own and she must define herself before others do so

Sat, Jul 27, 2024
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US Presidential elections: The challenge before the DemocratsSubscriber Only

June 30,2024 16:30:20 PM

With four months to go, can the party elevate a fresh new candidate who can take on Donald Trump?

Tue, Jul 02, 2024
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US campus crises: Are America and a fragile world order at risk of coming apart?Subscriber Only

April 28,2024 17:12:00 PM

Of all places, US universities are better equipped to withstand the collision of ideas, clashing groups, and opposing worldviews than most other institutions. But the divisions beyond the gates of the campus have created the perfect breeding ground for political bottom-feeders

Wed, May 01, 2024
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India’s missing jobs — and where the next government can find themSubscriber Only

April 13,2024 07:55:24 AM

We are staring at an employment crisis, which could get worse. But with policy support that could change

Sun, Apr 14, 2024
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With elections in at least 83 countries, will 2024 be the year of AI freak-out?Subscriber Only

February 18,2024 12:08:08 PM

Regulatory panic could do more harm than good. Rather than poor risk management today, rules should anticipate the greater risks that lie ahead.

Mon, Feb 19, 2024
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Rahul Gandhi’s American Yatra: A Howdy Modi momentSubscriber Only

June 08,2023 14:40:33 PM

In America, India’s most famous ‘heir’ pulled back the curtain, seemed more accessible. His message of tolerance was welcome, but the Congress leader was short on specifics

Thu, Jun 08, 2023
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Look at AI, not ChatGPTSubscriber Only

March 15,2023 07:22:59 AM

Few paid attention to the fact that the first alert of a mysterious new virus out of Wuhan, China, came through AI

Wed, Mar 15, 2023
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2022 in AI, in verse and proseSubscriber Only

December 31,2022 07:30:25 AM

Bhaskar Chakravorti writes: This year had a fascinating mix of goodies. Now seek AI talent from across the world, not just from a few mega-clusters

Sat, Dec 31, 2022
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A message to Twitter titans: Take a sabbatical from Musk’s TwitterSubscriber Only

November 07,2022 04:05:58 AM

Bhaskar Chakravorti writes: The collective silence will be the most viral tweet in the world.

Fri, Nov 25, 2022
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Elon Musk takeover: To the Twitter titans: Why kowtow to Chief Twit?Subscriber Only

November 03,2022 17:05:10 PM

The Twitterati should take a sabbatical from the platform until guarantees of good governance, decency and fairness are rebuilt

Thu, Nov 03, 2022
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Uber Files gives us a glimpse of Big Tech’s playbook for market manipulationSubscriber Only

July 16,2022 04:00:44 AM

Bhaskar Chakravorti writes: It is time we reformed the education of future entrepreneurs and disruptors and the many stakeholders who enable them, to put the human cost of disruptive innovation front and center

Sat, Jul 16, 2022
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Why we should care about Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover bidSubscriber Only

April 22,2022 04:00:07 AM

Bhaskar Chakravorti writes: Taking Twitter off the public equity markets, as he wants to, would give him license to do as he pleases with the platform

Fri, Apr 22, 2022
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The folly of an ‘atmanirbhar’ internetSubscriber Only

March 30,2022 03:30:50 AM

Bhaskar Chakravorti writes: It is an oxymoron. Parallels between Russia’s and India’s attempts to shake free of US Big Tech’s hegemony are worrying

Wed, Mar 30, 2022
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The saviour complex of Facebook’s criticsSubscriber Only

November 10,2021 04:05:56 AM

Bhaskar Chakravorti writes: Whistleblowers and the Western media have exposed how the social media platform allows dangerous social media manipulation in developing countries. But why have they locked those very countries out of this conversation?

Thu, Nov 11, 2021
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Indian tech unicorns are gaining at China’s expense. Is this a blessing or a bubble waiting to burst?Subscriber Only

September 24,2021 03:17:35 AM

Bhaskar Chakravorti writes: The last thing India can afford is a bubble that bursts and for capital, talent and technology to take flight and seek refuge elsewhere.

Sat, Sep 25, 2021
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The Pegasus expose shows that time has come for trans-national treaties to stall surveillance by rogue governments and corporationsSubscriber Only

July 30,2021 03:02:06 AM

Bhaskar Chakravorti writes: Nurtured by repressive governments and with exports to other governments aspiring to similar heights of repression, the global surveillance industry is booming.

Fri, Jul 30, 2021
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Writing a digital history of India’s second Covid waveSubscriber Only

May 22,2021 03:30:04 AM

Future students of history will find evidence of broken leadership and institutions in online traces from 2021, as well as reminders of the resilience of Indians

Sat, May 22, 2021
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Who gets to decide what is legitimate free speech — Big Government or Big Tech?Subscriber Only

February 27,2021 03:35:24 AM

We now live in a new era of global diplomacy. It isn’t just states butting heads with other states; there are gigantic tech companies that have thrown their hats into the geopolitical ring.

Sat, Feb 27, 2021
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Trust, truth and the financial model of Silicon Valley are at oddsSubscriber Only

January 21,2021 03:00:44 AM

Jack Dorsey’s new-found courage to silence Trump's Twitter handle may have been helped by the reality that an ex-president, now twice impeached, who incited a mob to attack his own seat of government, may command fewer advertising dollars.

Thu, Jan 21, 2021
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Pandemic exposed the existing societal framework as unsustainableSubscriber Only

January 01,2021 03:00:24 AM

It is time to imagine the boulevards and sewers that will emerge at the end of this pandemic. To consider this, we must ask what from 2020 should we reinforce, what must we rebuild and what should we tear down and build again?

Fri, Jan 01, 2021
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Healer-in-Chief: Joe Biden will need healing superpowers to get through his first hundred daysSubscriber Only

November 13,2020 03:00:11 AM

Joe Biden inherits a divided nation, government, party. Economy, foreign relations also need immediate healing.

Fri, Nov 13, 2020
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